1990–91 Hartford Whalers season
1990–91 Hartford Whalers | |
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Division | 4th Adams |
1990–91 record | 31–38–11 |
Goals for | 238 |
Goals against | 276 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Ed Johnston |
Coach | Rick Ley |
Captain | Ron Francis (Oct-Dec) Vacant |
Team leaders | |
<1989–90 | 1991–92> |
The 1990–91 Hartford Whalers season was the franchise's 19th season, 12th in the NHL. The Whalers placed fourth in the Adams Division to qualify for the playoffs. The Whalers were eliminated in the first round by their New England rival Boston Bruins.
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Offseason
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Regular season
The Whalers had the most power-play opportunities during the regular season, with 403.[1]
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Boston Bruins | 80 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 299 | 264 | 100 |
Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 273 | 249 | 89 |
Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 292 | 278 | 81 |
Hartford Whalers | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 238 | 276 | 73 |
Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 16 | 50 | 14 | 236 | 354 | 46 |
[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Boston Bruins | ADM | 80 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 299 | 264 | 100 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | ADM | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 273 | 249 | 89 |
3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | PTK | 80 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 342 | 305 | 88 |
4 | New York Rangers | PTK | 80 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 297 | 265 | 85 |
5 | Washington Capitals | PTK | 80 | 37 | 36 | 7 | 258 | 258 | 81 |
6 | Buffalo Sabres | ADM | 80 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 292 | 278 | 81 |
7 | New Jersey Devils | PTK | 80 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 272 | 264 | 79 |
8 | Philadelphia Flyers | PTK | 80 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 252 | 267 | 76 |
9 | Hartford Whalers | ADM | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 238 | 276 | 73 |
10 | New York Islanders | PTK | 80 | 25 | 45 | 10 | 223 | 290 | 60 |
11 | Quebec Nordiques | ADM | 80 | 16 | 50 | 14 | 236 | 354 | 46 |
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | T | October 4, 1990 | 3–3 OT | Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) | 0–0–1 |
2 | W | October 6, 1990 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1990–91) | 1–0–1 |
3 | L | October 8, 1990 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) | 1–1–1 |
4 | W | October 10, 1990 | 4–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) | 2–1–1 |
5 | L | October 12, 1990 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) | 2–2–1 |
6 | W | October 13, 1990 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) | 3–2–1 |
7 | T | October 16, 1990 | 1–1 OT | @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) | 3–2–2 |
8 | W | October 17, 1990 | 3–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) | 4–2–2 |
9 | L | October 19, 1990 | 2–5 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) | 4–3–2 |
10 | L | October 24, 1990 | 0–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) | 4–4–2 |
11 | L | October 27, 1990 | 2–4 | Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) | 4–5–2 |
12 | L | October 28, 1990 | 0–5 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) | 4–6–2 |
13 | L | October 31, 1990 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) | 4–7–2 |
14 | L | November 3, 1990 | 1–4 | St. Louis Blues (1990–91) | 4–8–2 |
15 | T | November 6, 1990 | 1–1 OT | Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) | 4–8–3 |
16 | L | November 9, 1990 | 4–5 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) | 4–9–3 |
17 | W | November 10, 1990 | 3–2 OT | @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) | 5–9–3 |
18 | W | November 14, 1990 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1990–91) | 6–9–3 |
19 | W | November 15, 1990 | 4–2 | @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) | 7–9–3 |
20 | W | November 17, 1990 | 4–2 | Washington Capitals (1990–91) | 8–9–3 |
21 | T | November 21, 1990 | 4–4 OT | Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) | 8–9–4 |
22 | W | November 23, 1990 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) | 9–9–4 |
23 | L | November 24, 1990 | 3–4 | Boston Bruins (1990–91) | 9–10–4 |
24 | L | November 28, 1990 | 3–4 | Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) | 9–11–4 |
25 | W | November 29, 1990 | 6–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) | 10–11–4 |
26 | L | December 1, 1990 | 2–4 | Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) | 10–12–4 |
27 | W | December 3, 1990 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) | 11–12–4 |
28 | L | December 5, 1990 | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) | 11–13–4 |
29 | W | December 7, 1990 | 4–3 OT | @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) | 12–13–4 |
30 | W | December 8, 1990 | 3–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) | 13–13–4 |
31 | L | December 12, 1990 | 1–5 | Boston Bruins (1990–91) | 13–14–4 |
32 | L | December 13, 1990 | 2–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) | 13–15–4 |
33 | W | December 15, 1990 | 3–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) | 14–15–4 |
34 | L | December 18, 1990 | 3–4 OT | Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) | 14–16–4 |
35 | L | December 20, 1990 | 2–4 | @ New York Islanders (1990–91) | 14–17–4 |
36 | W | December 22, 1990 | 1–0 | Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) | 15–17–4 |
37 | L | December 23, 1990 | 2–5 | Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) | 15–18–4 |
38 | W | December 26, 1990 | 4–1 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) | 16–18–4 |
39 | L | December 29, 1990 | 2–8 | @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) | 16–19–4 |
40 | L | December 30, 1990 | 3–4 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) | 16–20–4 |
41 | W | January 2, 1991 | 5–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) | 17–20–4 |
42 | W | January 5, 1991 | 4–3 | Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) | 18–20–4 |
43 | L | January 8, 1991 | 3–4 OT | @ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) | 18–21–4 |
44 | W | January 10, 1991 | 5–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) | 19–21–4 |
45 | T | January 12, 1991 | 2–2 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) | 19–21–5 |
46 | L | January 13, 1991 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1990–91) | 19–22–5 |
47 | W | January 16, 1991 | 4–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) | 20–22–5 |
48 | W | January 23, 1991 | 5–4 | Calgary Flames (1990–91) | 21–22–5 |
49 | L | January 24, 1991 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) | 21–23–5 |
50 | W | January 26, 1991 | 5–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) | 22–23–5 |
51 | L | January 29, 1991 | 1–8 | New York Islanders (1990–91) | 22–24–5 |
52 | L | January 31, 1991 | 3–4 OT | @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) | 22–25–5 |
53 | W | February 2, 1991 | 2–0 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) | 23–25–5 |
54 | T | February 3, 1991 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Islanders (1990–91) | 23–25–6 |
55 | W | February 6, 1991 | 5–1 | Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) | 24–25–6 |
56 | L | February 9, 1991 | 2–5 | Calgary Flames (1990–91) | 24–26–6 |
57 | W | February 10, 1991 | 3–1 | Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) | 25–26–6 |
58 | W | February 13, 1991 | 6–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) | 26–26–6 |
59 | L | February 15, 1991 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1990–91) | 26–27–6 |
60 | W | February 16, 1991 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) | 27–27–6 |
61 | W | February 20, 1991 | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) | 28–27–6 |
62 | L | February 23, 1991 | 4–5 | Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) | 28–28–6 |
63 | T | February 24, 1991 | 5–5 OT | @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) | 28–28–7 |
64 | L | February 26, 1991 | 4–5 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) | 28–29–7 |
65 | L | February 28, 1991 | 3–6 | @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) | 28–30–7 |
66 | T | March 2, 1991 | 3–3 OT | @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) | 28–30–8 |
67 | T | March 3, 1991 | 4–4 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) | 28–30–9 |
68 | L | March 5, 1991 | 1–4 | St. Louis Blues (1990–91) | 28–31–9 |
69 | L | March 9, 1991 | 2–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) | 28–32–9 |
70 | L | March 10, 1991 | 1–2 | Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) | 28–33–9 |
71 | W | March 12, 1991 | 3–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) | 29–33–9 |
72 | W | March 14, 1991 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) | 30–33–9 |
73 | W | March 16, 1991 | 6–2 | New Jersey Devils (1990–91) | 31–33–9 |
74 | L | March 17, 1991 | 1–6 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) | 31–34–9 |
75 | T | March 19, 1991 | 1–1 OT | Boston Bruins (1990–91) | 31–34–10 |
76 | L | March 23, 1991 | 3–7 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) | 31–35–10 |
77 | L | March 25, 1991 | 2–3 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) | 31–36–10 |
78 | L | March 27, 1991 | 3–4 OT | @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) | 31–37–10 |
79 | T | March 30, 1991 | 5–5 OT | Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) | 31–37–11 |
80 | L | March 31, 1991 | 3–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) | 31–38–11 |
Playoffs
- Adams Division Semi-finals
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Series |
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1 | W | April 3, 1991 | 5–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) | HAR leads 1–0 |
2 | L | April 5, 1991 | 3–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) | Series tied 1–1 |
3 | L | April 7, 1991 | 3–6 | Boston Bruins (1990–91) | BOS leads 2–1 |
4 | W | April 9, 1991 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1990–91) | Series tied 2–2 |
5 | L | April 11, 1991 | 1–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) | BOS leads 3–2 |
6 | L | April 13, 1991 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1990–91) | BOS wins 4–2 |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Pat Verbeek | RW | 80 | 43 | 39 | 82 | 246 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
Ron Francis | C | 67 | 21 | 55 | 76 | 51 | -2 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
Kevin Dineen | RW | 61 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 104 | -15 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Bobby Holik | C | 78 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 113 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
Rob Brown | RW | 44 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 101 | -7 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
Brad Shaw | D | 72 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 29 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Todd Krygier | LW | 72 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 95 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Dean Evason | C | 75 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 170 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Cyr | LW | 70 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 107 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Carey Wilson | C | 45 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | -14 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Doug Crossman | D | 41 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 19 | -13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ulf Samuelsson | D | 62 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 174 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sylvain Cote | D | 73 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 17 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Cullen | C | 13 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Tomlak | C/LW | 64 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 55 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scott Young | RW | 34 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 32 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 49 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mikael Andersson | LW | 41 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Burt | D | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 63 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mark Hunter | RW | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim McKenzie | LW | 41 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 108 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Ferraro | C | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Zarley Zalapski | D | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Babych | D | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grant Jennings | D | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 82 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Yake | C | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ed Kastelic | W | 45 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 211 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Govedaris | LW | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Randy Ladouceur | D | 67 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 118 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Todd Richards | D | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 52 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Houda | D | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yvon Corriveau | LW | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Tancill | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jergus Baca | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michel Picard | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geoff Sanderson | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Stevens | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kay Whitmore | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marc Bergevin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Black | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Chapman | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Greig | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ross McKay | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Parker | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daryl Reaugh | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Peter Sidorkiewicz | 2953 | 52 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 164 | 3.33 | 1 | 1284 | 1120 | .872 |
Daryl Reaugh | 1010 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 3.15 | 1 | 479 | 426 | .889 |
Kay Whitmore | 850 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 3.67 | 0 | 379 | 327 | .863 |
Ross McKay | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.14 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .800 |
Team: | 4848 | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 272 | 3.37 | 2 | 2157 | 1885 | .874 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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John Cullen | C | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Hunter | RW | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Verbeek | RW | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Ladouceur | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zarley Zalapski | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dean Evason | C | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brad Shaw | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Yake | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sylvain Cote | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Todd Krygier | LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Brown | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Cyr | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Dineen | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Holik | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Houda | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim McKenzie | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Todd Richards | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geoff Sanderson | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Tomlak | C/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Peter Sidorkiewicz | 359 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 4.01 | 0 | 174 | 150 | .862 |
Team: | 359 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 4.01 | 0 | 174 | 150 | .862 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;
Awards and records
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Transactions
- July 9, 1990 - Jody Hull traded to the New York Rangers for Carey Wilson and the Rangers 1991 third round draft pick (Michael Nylander).
- October 1, 1990 - Dave Tippett traded to the Washington Capitals for their 1992 sixth round draft pick (Jarrett Reid).
- October 3, 1990 - Joel Quenneville traded to the Washington Capitals for future considerations. Washington later sent cash to Hartford to complete the deal.
- October 11, 1990 - Future considerations traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Todd Richards. Hartford later sent cash to Montreal to complete the deal.
- October 31, 1990 - Hartford's 1992 fifth round draft pick (Ryan Duthie) traded to the New York Islanders for Marc Bergevin.
- November 13, 1990 - Ray Ferraro traded to the New York Islanders for Doug Crossman.
- December 21, 1990 - Scott Young traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Rob Brown.
- February 20, 1991 - Doug Crossman traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Doug Houda.
- March 4, 1991 - Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson, and Grant Jennings traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski, and Jeff Parker.
- March 5, 1991 - Carey Wilson traded to the Calgary Flames for Mark Hunter.
Roster
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Draft picks
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Farm teams
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See also
References
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External links
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